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Tanezrouft 038
Basic information Name: Tanezrouft 038
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Tnz 038
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 41 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 75  (1993)  L3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L3.7
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3.7
Recommended:  L3.7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites classified as L3.7.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB75
  Table 5
  Line 4:
Date:1992
Latitude:25°27.90'N
Longitude:0°05.01'E
Mass (g):41
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Fayalite (mol%):20.6 (10.7-26.7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.5 (7.0-26.0)
Classifier:T. Geiger and A. Bischoff, Institut fur Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-48149 Munster, Germany. Weathering grades, F. Wlotzka, MaxPlanck-Institut fur Chemie, D-55020 Mainz, Germany
Type spec location:Mün
Main mass:Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt Universitat Invalidenstr. 43 D-10115 Berlin Germany
Institutions
   and collections		 Mainz: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (25° 27' 54"N, 0° 5' 1"E)
     Recommended::   (25° 27' 54"N, 0° 5' 1"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 183 approved meteorites from Adrar, Algeria (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 1246 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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